{"id":56788,"date":"2022-10-21T13:28:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T20:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/?p=56788"},"modified":"2022-10-21T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T20:28:57","slug":"8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"8 People&#8217;s Worst Interview Experiences (Yes, They Are That  Bad)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employers may be the ones asking the questions but job candidates are taking away more from the interview than you think. \u00a0From 3-hour interviews to inappropriate interviews, these candidates share out their most memorably<em> bad<\/em> interview experiences.<\/p>\n<h3>1.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-1.27.21-PM-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-1.27.21-PM-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-1.27.21-PM-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-1.27.21-PM.png 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time is <em>money<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>2.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.40.09-AM-300x148-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.24-AM-1-300x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.24-AM-1-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.24-AM-1-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.24-AM-1.png 956w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I personally think chameleons are really cool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>4.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.49-AM-1-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.49-AM-1-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.49-AM-1-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.21.49-AM-1.png 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>The most inappropriate question award goes to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>5.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.22.25-AM-1-300x123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.22.25-AM-1-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.22.25-AM-1-768x315.png 768w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.22.25-AM-1.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>6.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.23.00-AM-1-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.23.00-AM-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.23.00-AM-1-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.23.00-AM-1.png 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think we have a different definition of &#8220;quick&#8221; than that company<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>7.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.57.27-AM-1-300x133.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.57.27-AM-1-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.57.27-AM-1-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.57.27-AM-1.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>8.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.59.01-AM-1-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.59.01-AM-1-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.59.01-AM-1-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-21-at-11.59.01-AM-1.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Red flags&#8230; that&#8217;s our cue to gracefully exit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tell us about your worst interview experiences, join in on the conversation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6932328986404417536\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employers may be the ones asking the questions but job candidates are taking away more from the interview than you think. \u00a0From 3-hour interviews to inappropriate interviews, these candidates share out their most memorably bad interview experiences. 1. Time is money. &nbsp; 2. &nbsp; 3. I personally think chameleons are really cool. &nbsp; 4. \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.1 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>8 People&#039;s Worst Interview Experiences (Yes, They Are That Bad) | Creative Circle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Employers may be the ones asking the questions but job candidates are taking away more from the interview than you think.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"8 People&#039;s Worst Interview Experiences (Yes, They Are That Bad)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Employers may be the ones asking the questions but job candidates are taking away more from the interview than you think.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Creative Circle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CreativeCircleStaffing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-21T20:28:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AdobeStock_389030687-scaled-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1463\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daniela Negrette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Creative_Circle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Creative_Circle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniela Negrette\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/\",\"name\":\"8 People's Worst Interview Experiences (Yes, They Are That Bad) | Creative Circle\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AdobeStock_389030687-scaled-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-21T20:28:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/#\/schema\/person\/430a421aff02903a687b43ea5f3db691\"},\"description\":\"Employers may be the ones asking the questions but job candidates are taking away more from the interview than you think.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/blog\/8-peoples-worst-interview-experiences-yes-they-are-that-bad\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AdobeStock_389030687-scaled-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.creativecircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AdobeStock_389030687-scaled-1.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1463,\"caption\":\"Online video call, networking or business conference. 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